MICROWAVE MODELS OF SNOW CHARACTERISTICS FOR REMOTE SENSING

One of the key problems of microwave remote sensing is the development of theoretical microwave models for terrain such as soil, vegetation, snow, forest, etc., due to the complexity of modeling of microwave interaction with the terrain. In this thesis this problem is approached from the new point of view of both empirical models and rigorous theoretical models. New information concerning radar remote sensing of snow-covered terrain and permittivity of snow has been produced. A C-band semi-empirical backscattering model is presented for the forest-snow-ground system. The effective permittivity of random media such as snow, vegetation canopy, soil, etc., describes microwave propagation and attenuation in the media and is a very important parameter in modeling of microwave interaction with the terrain. Good permittivity models are needed in microwave emission and scattering models of terrain. In this thesis, the strong fluctuation theory is applied to calculate the effective permittivity of wet snow. Numerical results for the effective permittivity of wet snow are illustrated. The results are compared with the semi-empirical and the theoretical models. A comparison with experimental data at 6, 18 and 37 GHz is also presented. The results indicate that the model presented in this work gives reasonably good accuracy for calculating the effective permittivity of wet snow. Microwave emission and scattering theoretical models of wet snow are developed based on the radiative transfer and strong fluctuation theory. It is shown that the models agree with the experimental data.

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  2006

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  2006-12-04

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  Physics, Engineering, Environmental Science

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